In this edition, we reflect back on 2022 and look forward to 2023. We begin with an overview of trends from 2022, from technological to social, and follow with a framework on what we believe the Church needs to be aware of moving into 2023. We end with an important reminder by Scott to remember to die to self daily, focused on faithfulness in our local tasks at hand, and not on what we want others to think of us.
Read More5 shocking trends from the past year every Christian should be aware of and thinking about:
Sharp rise in Teen Internet Use, Surge in Drug Overdose Deaths for Black Men, Rapidly Shrinking Middle Class, divergent View of Slavery Reparations, philosophical clashes on balanced Journalism and Equal Reporting.
Read MoreHow will advances in technology, like chatgpt3, the continuing after-effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the pervasiveness of divisive American politics impact the Church and your Christian witness in 2023..?
Read MoreIn 1 Corinthians 15:31, Paul writes, "I die every day!" That's the spiritual advice I'm trying to take into the new year.
There would be a quiet revival, a silent revolution. A movement of humans who have voluntarily decided to die to themselves every day. A movement of nobody in particular, of nobody important, of no one you've ever heard of. A movement exactly as God intended.
Read More…we are overdue for seeking a rediscovery of Jesus’s “easy yoke” when it comes to our understanding of what it looks like to have a more “restful” spiritual and devotional life.
Read MoreIn this edition, we hope to return to the base unit of the Church, each living stone, and see how Christ pulls us all together. We present the lives of some of our writers in their own words: how God first communed with them, how God challenged them to venture by faith to create, and how God connected them with other believers.
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